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    iMac G5 - Why wont it still boot?!

    So, I got this about a year ago for a steal - $125 with box and a pro keyboard. Anyway, when I got it, of course, it would not boot. I then read about the whole bad capacitor thing. So, I disassembled it, inspected the motherboard, and could not find one single capacitor on the motherboard that...
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    Pismo With box

    So, after getting sad after the LCD broke on my last pismo, I caught the itch to aquire another one. This is actually my 3rd, they are just too nice machines to pass up. I came across this ebay auction with one with the original packaging. I have seen the box before, but never one with the...
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    Performa 575 and Macintosh LC for free

    Well, I also got a bag of parts, and I looked in there, and there was a pristine hard drive sled for the machine (the kind that slides on rails in the machine and snaps in place). The drive in there did not have one on it, so I hooked it on. The bag had a bunch of screws, another bezel for what...
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    Performa 575 and Macintosh LC for free

    I had the chance to boot the 575. It has a 80mb hard drive, and 20mb of RAM. That means a 16mb stick and the 4mb on board. I can't get it to boot from my burned 7.6 CD, so I am going to try and burn a fresh copy. It does have 7.6.1 on it, but appears to have personal data on it, so as a rule, I...
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    Performa 575 and Macintosh LC for free

    I saw an add on my local craigslist for someone who had 4 vintage macs, a Macintosh Plus (a real one), a Classic II, a Performa 575, and a LC I. I replied, hoping to get all of the macs, but he replied saying the compact macs were called for, and I already have a plus and a Classic I, so I...
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    Crazy day for yard-sale conquests

    Sounds like your iMac G5 has the same problem mine has. Don't bother taking it to the apple store, they will just say your logic board is bad, and try to get you to shell out ~$500 for a new one. They said they tested it with another "good known" PSU, but I doubt it. I took apart the PSU in...
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    Powerbook G3 3500/"Kanga"

    Well, it was like this since I got it. It might be that, I don't know. I don't even know if it's worth saving, as the CD-ROM drive is dead and the floppy drive has a disk stuck in it.
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    Powerbook G3 3500/"Kanga"

    Kangas seem to be thick on the ground here for cheap on the local CL. seen 3 in the last six months for >=$50. There is one on there right now for $35. I was thinking of snapping that one up, as I have it's immediate predicessor, the 3400 that somehow blew it's ADB bus, both internally and...
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    eMate 300 in box - my first Newton

    Perform the hinge fix on it. I tried doing it to mine, but the display cable was wedged under the hinge. It worked fine before, but after removing it (CAREFULLY), the touch portion did not work anymore, but the actual display does. Try and find the memory card for it too, it seems to make a...
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    Scored a Powermac G3 All In One

    I had one, nice machine. Heavy as all get out though. The power lead going to the drives stopped working, which basically made it useless unless I used another power supply. Gave it away to scrap, after stripping out all the juicy parts, like the power splice cable, and the zip drive with floppy...
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    Best Way to Combine a Powerbook 165 and 180

    yes, I remember disk light. every time I installed norton, there it was. Pretty handy utility, and you could place it in either top corner. My only gripe with 7.1 is that it's not free, and I don't have a copy of it. I do have a legal copy of 7.6 on CD, and that contains the floppy disk images...
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    Best Way to Combine a Powerbook 165 and 180

    Sorry for another post, but I can't edit my last one. It turns out it was a loose RAM card, as it started happening every boot, and it was eight chords, so I popped it open, reseated the card, pulled some foam off the other one, and spaced the card so it would not happen again, since the card...
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    Best Way to Combine a Powerbook 165 and 180

    Alright, the operation is over, and a success!! Everything is working fine, the machine is running great, booted right up off the 1gb HD to System 7.6.1, but it seems to be a little poky with it on it, I think I am going to put 7.5.5 on it, should make it run a little faster. This is with RAM...
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    Best Way to Combine a Powerbook 165 and 180

    ok, I have started the operation. I took everything I might need out of the 180. I forgot on the 1xx powerbooks, the CPU is on a daughterboard, so I only removed that. The 180 had a RAM board, I forget how many mbs, but it is pretty large, and I will compare it to the one I know is 14mb in the...
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    Best Way to Combine a Powerbook 165 and 180

    I don't think ifixit goes back that far :D As far as motherboard differences, the only one I can think of is the 180 has a 68882 FPU, and IDK if the 165 has a socket for one. Maybe, but i'll just transfer the whole board. I found the apple service manual on preterhuman. The same one covers...
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    Best Way to Combine a Powerbook 165 and 180

    Yeah, I was planning on swapping the whole display assembly from the 180 into the 165's case. The only thing I need off the 165 is the back plastic, as the one on the 180's has a huge crack over the hinge. Oh, the 165 also has a 10mb RAM card, maxing it at 14mb. I assume that is compatible with...
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    Best Way to Combine a Powerbook 165 and 180

    Hey guys. I have both these fine machines. The 180 got roughed up real bad in the move, and the case is coming apart at the seams. One of the feet broke, there is a crack in the back of the display, it has no door or hinges for it anymore, and a few other problems. The 165 is in immaculate...
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    AppleColor RGB Monitor

    so they are basically like a coaxial jack. I actually have one of those old rat shack branded switches...somewhere. I wonder if the opposite is true, if I could use the Apple IIc's modulator on the IIgs and output that to a TV...The modulator is in a drawer just sitting there unused. I was...
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    AppleColor RGB Monitor

    your problem is weird. I wonder how heat would make it brighter. Maybe it's fixable.
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    AppleColor RGB Monitor

    Alright, piccies: For some reason 3 of 5 of them came out super grainy. And that's 2 megapixels on my phone. My Quicktake 150 takes better pics. Should have used that instead. Oh well.
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